U.S. Army Enlists with OASIS

Commits to Use GSA’s Groundbreaking Contract for Complex Professional Services

WASHINGTON -- In a ceremony held today at U.S. General Services Administration headquarters, GSA and the United States Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) securing Army’s use of GSA’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) and OASIS Small Business contracts for procurement of complex professional services. OASIS is a first-of-its kind contract providing the government with a total solution contract vehicle for complex professional services projects.

“In Fiscal Year 2014, the U.S. Army’s procurement spend was nearly 17 percent, or $74.3 billion of the total federal spend. There are a lot of vendors who want to contract with us. To ensure we are continuing to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars, we will use the OASIS contracting vehicle to support our strategy of minimizing duplication of contracting efforts where we’ve determined the risk to be low,” said Harry Hallock, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement.

OASIS is designed to address agencies' needs for any professional services requirements that:

Span multiple professional service disciplines

Contain significant IT components, but are not IT requirements in and of themselves

Contain ancillary support components commonly referred to as Other Direct Costs (ODCs)

Require flexibility for all contract types at the task order level including cost reimbursement

OASIS is able to provide access to both commercial and non-commercial services. The core disciplines of the contract will include program management services, management consulting services, logistics services, engineering services, scientific services, and financial services. For more information about the MoU and/or OASIS, visit gsa.gov/oasis.